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We celebrated our 14th Annual Greenlining Economic Development Summit in Los Angeles. Once again we brought together the leading community advocates, corporate leaders and government officials in the country to discuss “win-win” opportunities and solutions on issues related to minority…Continue reading

Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan helped dampen a potentially massive financial confidence crisis in 1998. His most daring act is one the Fed should emulate during this foreclosure crisis. Mr. Greenspan, with the assistance of the Federal Reserve…Continue reading

Greenlining Institute has taken a lead role among nonprofits representing the 70% of Americans who live from paycheck to paycheck in raising questions about excessive executive compensation. Each year, CEO compensation increases by 10% or more while median family income…Continue reading

Those at the San Diego event urge more help for mortgage borrowers at risk of foreclosure. From the Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Consumer advocates, minority groups and homeowners — some chanting “Save our homes, fix our loans!” — staged…Continue reading

nytimes.com By EDMUND L. ANDREWS WASHINGTON — Until the boom in subprime mortgages turned into a national nightmare this summer, the few people who tried to warn federal banking officials might as well have been talking to themselves. Peter DaSilva…Continue reading

Source: LA Watts Times | Written by: KELLIE MIDDLETON, M.P.H. and LEN CHANTY Slow and steady wins the race… If Aesop’s moral holds true, then the race for black equality and social justice, which started nearly 40 years ago, should…Continue reading

Source: Irvine school newspaper New University | Written by: Kellie K. Middleton, M.P.H. As students and future leaders, we don’t think enough about how minorities have impacted our state’s economy, politics and health care system. If we did, we would…Continue reading

The United States now stands as the only industrialized nation still opposed to the Kyoto Protocol after Australia ratified the international treaty. Despite the Bush Administration’s failures to ratify Kyoto, American corporations, with little government prodding, are eager to participate…Continue reading

Source: The Wall Street Journal Online | Written by: The Wall Street Journal Online Just when we thought we’d heard everything from the diversity police, here they come trying to prescribe even the color of charity. The California Assembly last…Continue reading